Weekly Inspiration (8/23/24)

“ Maybe Jesus is turning your life upside down yet you’re discovering that you want more of it. The ways we express our longing are astonishingly diverse. But they have one thing in common: they are a direct response to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, who “searches our depths” and “searches the depths of God.” It is the depths our hearts long for most. ”

Br. Keith Nelson
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

River of Forgiveness
by Steve Garnaas-Holmes
They are like trees planted by streams of water...
                                     —Psalm 1.3

There is a river of forgiveness
that flows through you,
that sweeps up all hurt and fault
and bears it away,
that tumbles every memory over cleansing rocks
and waterfalls of grace,
until pain flows into wisdom.
There is a stream of renewal
that moves beneath your mantle,
that never gives up or runs dry,
moment by moment renewed by a Source
both far beneath you and there above.

Let the stream of grace that bathes your feet
carry off all resentment, all judgment, all regret.
Let this next moment be fresh and new.